鹄 鵠 gu3
center or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target

鹄 鵠 hu2
swan

strokes 12
radical
鸟
鳥
strokes after radical 7
白鹄 白鵠 bai2 hu2
(white) swan

鹄的 鵠的 gu3 di4
bull's-eye; target; objective

鸿鹄 鴻鵠 hong2 hu2
swan; person with noble aspirations

鹄候 鵠候 hu2 hou4
to respectfully await; to look forward to

刻鹄类鹜 刻鵠類鶩 ke4 hu2 lei4 wu4
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom); to fail utterly in trying to copy something; to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result

燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志 yan4 que4 an1 zhi1 hong2 hu2 zhi1 zhi4
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?

燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志 yan4 que4 yan1 zhi1 hong2 gu3 zhi1 zhi4
lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom); fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great?